Padding



May 11 1926.

J. H. TAYLOR PADDI NG Filed April 18. 1924 INVENTOR M w. I 1- A TTORNLYS Patented May f1, 1926.

UNITED" STATES 1.58 .493 PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY MA- CHINIERY COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

' PADDING.

Application filed April 18, 1924. Serial No. 707,459.

This invention relates to yielding or resilient padding such as is used on pressing or ironing machines, either of the relatlvely movable upper and lower platen type, or flat work ironers including padded rolls cooperating with heated concave platens or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide improved resilient padding adapted to be carried by or mounted'upon a suitable support, either curved or flat, and including a plurality of individual yi-eldable and prefer ably composite members whlch may be individually placed, replaced or repaired, and which together provide the necessary uniformly yielding surface to receive the material or fabric to be pressed, and which need only be covered by reatively light cover material, thereby doing away with material or appreciable thickness of cellulosepadd ng of the usual form. The invention 15 an 1mprovement upon the form of padding-shown, described and claimed in my c-opending application for padding, filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 707 ,458. The part cular feature of the present improvement is a special mounting of the yieldable pad members and the employment not only of yielding lower springs therewith but of hinged or movable connections of the upper spring members-to the supporting mem er.

Further objects of the invention wlll be more apparent from the descrlption to follow.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a detail section on the line 1 1, Fig. 3 of a portion of the roll of a flat work ironer embodying the 1nvention; Fig. 2 is a. detail section on the line 2--2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3'is a plan view, part of the buttons or upper pad members being shown in skeleton form by dot and dash lines for better illustration of the parts therebeneath; Fig. 4 is a.v detail view, corresponding to Fig. 2, and illustrating a modification; and Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof. J

In the drawings, 1 represents a portion of a hollow cylindrical wall of the roll of a flat work ironer or. in other words, the member upon which the yieldable pad is mounted and which may obviously be a flat or plain surface member in the case of a platen t pe press. The spring pad to be describe may be carried by a separate member mounted upon the roll or platen bed, but

to hold it together and as shown said pad comprises a plurality of individual resilient members attached directly to the roll body 1. As said pad members are alike description of one will suflice for all.

Each resilient pad member includes an upper member 2 of button form and one or more imlependeutly resilient lower members which the pad contacts without destruction or breaking down within a reasonably durable life. several materials are suitable for the purpose, such as cork, compositions containing cork or other like materials and a binder, rubber or rubber compositions or asbestos with or without the necessary binder give it the required resiliency. Usually the buttons are made of a. material which may be molded. The lower pad members, in the form shown, are spiral springs, which at their lower ends rest loosely upon the roll body and at their upper ends have one or more coils held and se cured to the button in anysuitable manner. In Fig. 1 the springs are secured at their upper ends by screws 4, while in, Fig. 4, where two springs support each button the upper ends of the springs are molded into the buttons, as indicated at 5.

Each button has connected thereto an arm or strap 6 which forms the connection tying it to the roll body, for which purpose the straps at their lower ends are bentto form eyes 7 to receive a ortion of a wire loop 8 fastened to the roll body by the screw 9.

In Fig. 4, where the buttons are oblong rather tha-n square and are. supported by two springs, the attaching strap 6 is connected by a screw to the button between the two springs. v

, With this arrangement the several buttons, closely spaced as shown in Fig. 3, have independent movement, each one swinging toward the roll body about the hinge axis, but, of course, are confined by said hinges and cannot escape. Each yielding pad member, including its upper button 2 and a sprin or springs 3 can vbe repaired or rev newe independently of all others, by merely and said body so that said'members are capable of movement towards and from the body, and resilient bearing means therefor between said body and members. f

2. An ironing device; comprising a body, a plurality of adjacent heat insulatlng members, movable connections between said members and said body so; that said members are I capable of movement toward and from the body, and resilient bearing means therefor between said body and said members and free of connection to one thereof.

3. An'ironingdevice, comprising a body, a

plurality ofadjacent heat insulating mem bers, movable connections between said members and said body so that said members are capable of movementtoward and fromthe' body, and resilient bearing means therefor between said body and said members and free of connection to said body.

4. An ironing device, comprising a body,

' a plurality of adjacent heat insulating members, movable connections between said members and said body -so that said members are capable of movement towards and from the body, and resilient means therefor secured to a 'said members and having bearing engage ment with said body.

5. An ironing device, comprising a body,

a plurality of adjacent heat-insulating members hinged to said body so as to be capable of movement towards and from the same,

and resilient vbearing means between said body and members.

6. An ironing device, comprising a body, a plurality of adjacent'and heat-insulating members, hinge connecting means between said members and body so as to permit movement of 1 said members towards and from said body, and resilient bearing means between saidbody and members, said bear ing means being connectedto said members at the points of connection of said hinge means. j

7. An ironing device, comprising a body, a pluralityof adjacent heat-insulating members, said members being provided with movable connections to said body so as to permit movement of the ,same towards and from said body, and resilient bearing means between sa1d body and members, said bearing means being connected to said members at the points of connection of said movable connectlons thereto.

8. An ironing device, comprising a body, a pluralityof heat-insulating members having individually *disconnectible hinge connect-ions to said body so as to permit movement of thev same towards and from said body and ready removal of said members,

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JAMES H. TAYLOR. 

